You could do a lot worse than the University of Cincinnati.
We have on staff:
Carlton Brett
http://ucaswww.mcm.uc.edu/geology/brett/deptwebpage/
index.html
Dave Meyer
http://www.uc.edu/geology/faculty/meyer1.html
Arnie Miller
http://homepages.uc.edu/~millerai/welcome.html
Glenn Storrs
http://blues.fd1.uc.edu/~storrsgw/
And, in the city, Colin Sumrall, Richard A. Davis, and Raman Singh